Barksdale leadership change set for Wednesday

10:06 PM,
Oct. 21, 2013

Brig. Gen. Scott Vander Hamm

Written by

John Andrew Prime
jprime@gannett.com

Command of two major units at Barksdale Air Force Base will change Wednesday.

In a morning ceremony, command of 8th Air Force will pass from Maj. Gen. Stephen Wilson, who will be promoted to three-star rank in a private ceremony the same day, to Brig. Gen. Scott Vander Hamm.

Then, in an afternoon ceremony, Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson will assume command from the outgoing Air Force Global Strike Command leader, Lt. Gen. James Kowalski, who is heading to a new assignment as the deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. ...